Nutritional status of undergraduate healthcare students at the University of the Free State by V.L. van den Berg, B.M.M. Abera, M. Nel, C.M. Walsh

“…Conclusion: The poor dietary and lifestyle habits of most participants highlight the need to not just educate, but better empower these students to deal with the growing public health problem of obesity and related NCDs in the country.…”
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Distribution of Poisonous Plants in Biomes of the Southern Far East of Russia by T. V. Dikareva, V. Yu. Rumyantsev, M. S. Soldatov, Wang Li

“…Maximum correlation closeness appeared to be between number of poisonous plant species per 10 000 km2 and total number of vascular plants per 10 000 km2 (0,81).…”
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Optimal Allocation of Depots for Electric Bus Charging: Cost Minimization and Power System Impact Mitigation Using Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming by Sama Elkholy, Mostafa F. Shaaban, Abdelfatah Ali, Tarnim Nos, Ahmed S. A. Awad

“…Results show that for a single H16 EB service, no line upgrades were needed, and the total cost per phase was $120,000. For three H16 EB services, three lines required upgrades, and the total cost per phase increased to $718,000. …”
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3D visualization tools to explore ancient architectures in South America by Roberto Pierdicca, Eva Savina Malinverni, Emanuele Frontoni, Francesca Colosi, Roberto Orazi

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Temporal and spatial distribution of sporotrichosis in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, Brazil: a comparison between human and animal cases (2013-2020) by Victória Catharina Dedavid Ferreira, Anna Barreto Fernandes Figueiredo, Mônica de Avelar Figueiredo Mafra Magalhães, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Wagner Tassinari

“…We compared the time series of human and animal cases per month. We also compared the cumulative human incidences and the ratio of animal cases per inhabitant by neighborhood or subdistrict and explored spatial correlation with global and local Moran’s I. …”
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FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EFFICIENCY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAMS IN UKRAINE by D. Shteingauz, A. Kuznyetsova, D. Achimovich

“…As a result, the most effective programs in terms of state aid and the average amount of state aid per recipient were identified. The main significant shortcoming in the implementation of state programs for housing affordability is their constant underfunding from the state budget, which hinders the manifestation of a synergistic positive effect. …”
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Sustainable analytical approaches for microplastics in wastewater, sludge, and landfills: Challenges, fate, and green chemistry perspectives by Maryam Mallek, Damia Barcelo

“…Concentrations are typically reported as items per liter (for water) or items per kilogram (for soil), However, mass-based units such as µg/L are rarely employed, complicating data comparison. …”
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Phytochemical characteristic and activity of medicinal raw material from the leaves of pharmacopoeial plant <em>Rhaponticum carthamoides</em> (Willd.) Iljin by N. P. Timofeev

“…In 2016-2020 there was carried out a comprehensive study of the problem on involvement into the industrial turnover of ecdysterone-containing substance from the leaf parts of Rhaponticum carthamoides, which is included in the list of plants of the State Pharmacopoeia, in relation to the activity and safety of harvested raw materials. …”
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Nonlocal Moments and Mott Semimetal in the Chern Bands of Twisted Bilayer Graphene by Patrick J. Ledwith, Junkai Dong (董焌锴), Ashvin Vishwanath, Eslam Khalaf

“…At Γ, the spectral function contains a single Dirac cone per spin per valley and responds to perturbations in an exotic manner that is distinct from any other theoretical picture of TBG. …”
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Multi-port network based modeling and selection of capacitor for desired voltage regulation of a standalone six-phase short-shunt induction generator for application in remote area... by Saikat Ghosh, S.N. Mahato

“…The system is expressed as a multivariable nonlinear optimization problem. The resultant admittance of the SPIG is calculated from its per phase equivalent circuit and is used as an objective function, which is solved using Binary Search Algorithm (BSA). …”
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Backyard Chicken Farming Role in Supplementing Household Economy of District Quetta, Pakistan by Kamran Baseer Achakzai, Muhammad Abbas Shah, Ramla Achakzai, Ghulam Hussain Kakar

“…Income included the earning received from sale of birds, eggs and the home consumption of poultry meat and eggs. Net income per annum per household was estimated as Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 79290/- (US$ 566). …”
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Workplace social capital and adherence to antihypertensive medication: a cohort study. by Tuula Oksanen, Ichiro Kawachi, Anne Kouvonen, Etsuji Suzuki, Soshi Takao, Noora Sjösten, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki

“…<h4>Background</h4>While hypertension is a common and treatable health problem, adherence to antihypertensive medication remains a challenge. …”
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The need for methodological pluralism in epidemiological modelling by Pieter Streicher, Alex Broadbent, Joel Hellewell

“…We argue that the fundamental problem was over-reliance on mechanistic approaches to disease modelling, and that a methodologically pluralist approach would have helped. …”
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Engine Power Required When Using a Tractor with a Technology Module by M. V. Sidorov, A. V. Lavrov, V. A. Voronin, A. V. Sidorova

“…As a solution to this problem, it was proposed to develop a technological module that would increase the versatility of class 1.4 tractors by transferring them to a higher traction class. …”
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Investments in Capital Asset at the Regions of Russia in 2019 by Yu. S. Pinkovetskaya

“…The purpose of our study is to assess the levels of specific investment in capital asset per capita in all regions of our country.Materials and methods. …”
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Evaluation of Hypoglycemia and Associated Factors among Patients with Type 1 Diabetes on Follow-Up Care at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Halefom Kahsay, Bereket Fantahun, Teshome Nedi, Gebre Teklemariam Demoz

“…A total of 6.9 events of hypoglycemia per patient per year happened. Particularly, the events were categorized as 3.1 mild events, 2.3 moderate events, and 0.93 severe events of hypoglycemia. …”
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Unraveling Online Mental Health Through the Lens of Early Maladaptive Schemas: AI-Enabled Content Analysis of Online Mental Health Communities by Beng Heng Ang, Sujatha Das Gollapalli, Mingzhe Du, See-Kiong Ng

“…ConclusionsWe uncovered various associations between EMSs and mental health problems among online support seekers, highlighting the prominence of specific EMSs in each problem and the unique complexities of each problem in terms of EMSs. …”
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Methods for Predicting the Costs of Maintaining Nuclear Heritage Facilities in а Safe State by D. F. Iliasov, A. Y. Ivanov, E. O. Kuznetsova

“…To solve the problem econometric forecasting methods are used.Purpose of the research. …”
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Optimization of the Encapsulation of Lemuru Fish Protein Hydrolysate by Spray-Drying Using Response Surface Methodology by Ayu Hanifah, Wawan Kosasih, Diah Ratnaningrum, Dian Andriani, Herlian Eriska Putra, Yellianty Yelliantty, Sri Priatni

“…This study aims to address this problem by optimizing the encapsulation conditions. …”
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Tuberculosis and Sudden Death in Lithuania by Gintarė Zarembaitė, Gabrielė Žiūkaitė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Sigitas Laima, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Lithuania has the third-highest tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 and the second-highest mortality rate per 100,000 in EU/EEA countries. …”
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